Racing Guidelines (updated July 2023)

Trophies and Prizes: The three highest scoring racers in each league (determined by the “Top 3” column) will receive a magnificent trophy and a linden purse. In the event of ties, multiple trophies and purses will be awarded.

Active Status: There is a qualifying process to make the scoring system fairer for racers that cannot race in every event in a month. A racer must race in at least 3 races during the month to be considered “Active”. The points for the best three races (“Top 3”) will be used to qualify for promotion and ranking. Therefore, no racer is considered active until they have participated in three races for the month. Participation in a race requires that the racer show up and start in at least one League Race for that day. A racer who starts a race, but is disqualified or does not finish, will still receive credit for participation in that race, even if the race points earned is 0.

Leave of Absence: A Leave of Absence (LOA) may be requested to keep a racer's place in a league for one month no more than once in 6 months. A Leave of Absence request must be made by notecard and sent to Hips Wrigglesworth and Thais no later than the third race day of any month and prior to competing in more than one race in that month. Leave of absence will be indicated on the website Race Stats with the mark “***”. Racers on Leave of Absence may not participate in any League Point races for that month, but they may register for Bloodbath or Open races if they find they must not be “gone” for the entire month.

League Promotions and Demotions: We have four leagues active in the Tharl Racers of Gor Grand Circuit Races. A, B, and C leagues are currently maintained at 10 racers per league. The D League is open to everyone. New Racers must register in the D League in order to compete. The Leagues are updated every month. The 2 racers with the Highest Sum of Points for 3 Racing Days for the Month (“Top 3” column in Stats) in League B, C and D are usually promoted to the next League up, and the 2 racers with the lowest “Top 3” points for the previous month in Leagues A, B and C are usually relegated to the next League down. All racers who did not achieve active status and were not on leave of absence will be relegated down to the next league, and the lower league will be allowed more promotions to provide for the vacancies if necessary. Exceptions may occur when there is a need to redistribute the leagues.

Handling of Ties: In the event of a tie for advancement or relegation, the tie will be broken by the following process.

1) Top 4 and Top 5: If both racers have raced a fourth Racing Day, the next highest Racing day total (“Top 4”) will be applied. If both racers have raced a fifth racing day, the "Top 5” total will be applied.

2) Attendance: If process 1 does not break the tie, then the racer who raced the most races in the month would advance.

3) Runoff: If Process 1 and 2 did not break the tie, there would be a runoff on the last day of racing. If one of the racers were unavailable to run a one lap race on that day, the other racer would advance.

4) If the tie involves more than one person, once a racer is eliminated from advancement, they are not considered again in the process.

Use of Alts: Using an alt to race under two names in the same month is prohibited and is grounds for banishment from racing. If a racer must change display name or change to a different account for racing, this should be discussed with the TRG staff in advance so that the name may be transferred to the new name on the TRG records.

How we run the races

Race Order

1) Blood Bath * Div 2 Tharlarions. Up to 10 racers. Prize: Gold Chest. If there are 16 or more Blood Bath Racers registered on race day, there will be 2 Blood Baths.
2) A League Races * Div 1, 2, and 3. Prize: Trophy
3) B League Races * Div 1, 2, and 3 **Prize: Trophy
4) C League Races * Div 1, 2, and 3 **Prize: Trophy
5) D League Races * Div 1, 2, and 3 **Prize: Trophy
6) Open Division ** Tharlarions Level 16 to 20. Any League. Prize: G&S Booze
No points are awarded for Blood Bath or Open races for purposes of the rider stats.

When a league has only 1 racer show up:

If only one racer shows up for any League, that racer will be awarded the full 15 points for the day. However, instead of canceling the league races, an "exhibition race" will be held in each of the three divisions, with volunteers from the next higher League (or from League B for an A race). Results will be reported in the final results but not in the website stats.

***The Division Improvement Points remain the same for all Leagues.
Div 1 No more than 12 (Level 9) Improvement points (Speed+Jump+Turn) Suggested: 10-1-1
Div 2 No more than 15 (Level 12) Improvement points (Speed+Jump+Turn) Suggested: 13-1-1
Div 3 No more than 18 (Level 15) Improvement points (Speed+Jump+Turn) Suggested: 16-1-1 or 15-2-1
Open Division no more then 23 (Level 20) Improvement points (Speed+Jump+Turn) Suggested 21-1-1 or 20-2-1

The League races are free to enter.  Individual racer prizes are Trophies for First, Second and Third Places.
Racers accumulate point totals for racing days.

Each: First Place=5 points, Second Place=4 points, Third Place=3 points, Fourth Place=2 points, and Fifth Place=1 point.

These totals are summed by Racing Day. The three highest racing day totals are summed to determine their place in the League. First, Second, and Third personalized trophies and purses will be awarded to Top Monthly Racers in each League at the Monthly Meeting in the following month.

****************Penalty for Over Scripted Racers********************
The TRG Script limits for racers is: No more than 50 scripts, >2% and >3000.
Racers who exceed these limits will be warned and given a chance to drop below our limits BEFORE THE RACE FORM IS ISSUED.
Racers who do not remove excessive scripts will be penalized 50% of their racing points for the day.

*********************Additional Races ********************
All of the additional races use the same Division Improvement Point allocations unless otherwise noted.

*********************Blood Bath ********************
Open to the first 10 riders who register. If 16 or MORE racers register, the Blood Bath will be split into 2 races. These are the first races on any of our Grand Circuit Race days. Division 2 tharlarions are used, for 2 or 3 laps. The top 4 placers in each race will get a G&S Gold Chest. This all out race-fest gets the blood going.

*********************Open Division ********************
This race features tharlarions who have been leveled between levels 16-20. It takes 6 days of riding a tharlarion 24 hours to get it to this level. Do not hesitate to enter this race just because you don’t have a level 20, at this higher level, allocation of points and the skill of the rider are paramount. This race DOES NOT count for top rider awards. The prize is BOOZE. There is no entrance fee. It is usually the last race of the racing day.

*********************Zombie Race ********************
These are dead V.1 tharlarions who have NOT been divested. These Tharlarions may be ridden but they are all black and do not show legs moving. Additionally, they turn badly and cannot reset their scripts by walking, Some of our long-time racers still have some of these old tharlarions. The Zombie Race is usually held around Halloween or October 31.

Corrected and revised to reflect current racing parameters as of 1 July, 2023.

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